{Day 5 of Universal Letter Writing Week 2011}

One way to write a letter, and one of the most entertaining or educational reads for your recipient, is to tell a story.

It can be as simple as describing your shopping trip that day, or telling a story from your childhood. Telling a story often gives the reader more insight into the writer than would get by just reading the facts. It’s also a good way for kids and grandkids to learn about life before they were born, or when they were little. And it documents the little, everyday happenings that we often forget but wish that we hadn’t.

Another idea is to start a chain story with a friend. One person begins the story and writes a specified amount (a paragraph, a full page, till you run out of ideas . . . whatever you decide). Once you’re finished, you send the letter on to the next person. She adds to the story and sends it back. It can be purely fictional, or you can agree to write it around actual events in your lives . . . from visits to the dentist to family vacations.

If you were going to write someone a letter write now, what story would you tell them?

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